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Mahabharat Day 12
Just like the last 11 days, both the sides are on their respective sides, waiting for the war to begin
Abhimanyu has a defeated and disappointed look on his face while The others are waiting for the war to start
But then.. before krishna could blow the conch, Duryodhan intervened
"Wait vasudev" 
Evryone looked at duryodhan, some curious and others waited impatiently to hear what he has to say so they could begin the war
"I, kurukumar, jyesht gandharian, duryodhan withdraw from this war" Duryodhan announced confidently, his head held up high
Gasps echoed throughout the kurushetra 
The common soldiers on both the sides started whispering to themselves and had their jaws dropped
Even the ever calm Dharmraj looked stunned for a second
Meanwhile Abhimanyu looked relieved and tried his best to hold back a smile and appear as confused as the others
Karna, who was focusing on Abhimanyu's reaction, noticed everything and sighed to himself.
"So It was abhi, that kid" he shaked his head before smiling to himself and silently thanking abhi
Bheem looked enraged
"COWARD! Are you going to withdraw after loosing so many of your brothers! Some king you will be! OH right sorry the only king will be jyesht Yudhishtir! Do you really think you can run away this easily after insulting panchali! I won't spare you duryodhan! I vowed to kill all 100 of YOU!!"
Bheem shouted fuming
The other pandavas, excluding Yudhishtir, nodded in agreement
"I will give indraprast and everything that you lost in dyut, back to you. Me and my brothers are also ready to fall at draupadi's feet and apologise, she may also punish us, as long as their is no more bloodshed"
Duryodhan finished with a stoic face
Yudhishtir thought about the proposal for a while and glanced at madhav who simply nodded. 
"Fine duryodhan, the final judgement relies solely on panchali, if she wishes to continue this war then you will not be spared"
"Jyesht-" bheem began, before Yudhishtir motioned him to stay silent with his eyes
The soldiers marched back to their respective camps, and only Duryodhan, karna, and the remaining kauravas followed the pandavas to their camp
The women from the pandav camp, looked confused seeing everyone return, before noticing who accompanied them, all the woman became furious but none could compare to what yagyaseni was feeling
"I'll be the one to talk to sakhi about this matter... alone" krishna stated rather than asked 
The pandavas nodded knowing they couldn't face draupadi in this matter
Krishna walked towards draupadi
"Sakha what are they doing here" draupadi questioned in a disdainful voice
"Come with me sakhi, I need to talk to you about something important" krishna lead draupadi into an empty tent
"Now answer my question govind"
Krishna explains what happened on the battlefield that morning
Draupadi listened to krishna only to become more furious by each passing second